Fractional CFO for Deeptech and Hardware Companies

Yes. Alehar builds the financial schedules your specific award requires. An SBIR award may be a grant or a contract, a Horizon Europe lump-sum award reports differently from an actual-cost grant, and iDEX payments follow the milestones in the signed agreement. Alehar tracks the development spending for management and forecasts the receipts on the confirmed award terms; your funder or grants adviser confirms eligibility and the required submissions.

Alehar forecasts how long the existing cash funds the development plan. Each phase carries its expected engineering spend and prototype costs. Confirmed award receipts are separated from a proposed round, and a slower-development case shows the funding gap if new money arrives later.

Yes. Alehar estimates the cost and margin of each saleable hardware unit. Component quantities from the bill of materials are priced at current supplier quotes. Assembly and testing costs are added, with failed units counted in the cost of saleable output. Shared production costs are shown at each planned batch size.

Yes. Alehar costs the technical milestones and target dates your engineering team supplies. The funding plan shows the cash needed to reach each prototype or production stage, including a delay case. The founders own the technical validation; Alehar supports the raise when it starts through its Raising Equity or Debt service.

The management reporting shows R&D spend by programme and by phase as it is incurred, so the founders and the board see what the development costs. Whether any of it is capitalised in the statutory accounts is decided by your accountant and auditor under the applicable standard; Alehar keeps the two views reconciled.

Yes. Alehar schedules the component deposits and tooling payments before the first production run. The contract manufacturer's terms set when the remaining production payments fall due. The forecast compares those payments with the expected customer receipts and tests the extra cash needed if a critical component delays assembly.

Yes. Alehar reports the prototype spending against the award or the internally funded programme it belongs to. Shared engineering costs use the allocation basis your grants adviser confirms for the award. Your accountant posts the entries, and Alehar reconciles the programme reports to the ledger.

Yes. Alehar prepares the financial records for a hardware investment review. The pack connects the prototype spending with the cost of the proposed production batch. Award commitments are shown alongside the cash forecast. Your technical team and counsel supply the product evidence and the intellectual property records.

Yes. Alehar's senior lead reviews the cost of the next engineering phase with the founder. The report compares the prototype spending with the approved development budget and shows the cash left for testing. The founder supplies the technical progress and decides whether the development plan changes.

Alehar's senior lead and team track the spending needed to move from the current prototype to the next development milestone. For a founder weighing a virtual or outsourced CFO, the monthly review compares the cash available with the updated test plan. Confirmed grant receipts are shown separately from proposed investor funding.